Catching Fire Ending Novels & Stories

***************** POV: DENNY: (UNCONSCIOUS STATE) “TA…” I called, chasing after my giggling little one across the wide field. “Let me catch you! “No!” “Slow down…” “Run faster, Mama!” “You are too fast…” Flames burst suddenly, racing across the field toward us. And TA who’d refused to slow down earlier…stood at a spot. “Run, TA!” I screamed. “Run!” “Mama…” “Run!” The fire caught up with me, burning me alive. But when I saw a hand scooping the frozen TA out of the fire, lowering my baby far ahead…unburnt, safe…I smiled. Relief carried me as my eyes closed, letting the fire swallow me whole.

“Luciano! Please!!! Save me!!!” I sighed, closing the doors before the flames reached him. I turned around and walked toward our cars. Jose, Dante, and our men followed after us. Behind us, the fire spread rapidly through the old structure, and I could hear the wood beams crack loudly while smoke from the building rose into the sky. For a few more seconds, I could still hear Levi's screams. And then eventually — He stopped. It was over now. -----

"Now, you’ll burn too." With a final snap of her fingers, the flames surged upward, engulfing Cade’s mother in a fiery inferno. The woman screamed, her voice quickly drowned out by the roar of the flames. Zyra watched, her eyes cold and unblinking, as the fire consumed her, reducing her to ashes. “MOM!!!” he screamed. Cade, watching the horrific scene unfold, let out a roar of rage and despair. He charged toward Zyra, his desperation driving him forward. But Zyra was ready. With a simple flick of her wrist, she sent a wave of power crashing into him, knocking him to the ground.

I still hadn’t told Al about my first time catching fire; the only person who knew was Zander. Just then, Zander opened the door to his office, making me jump. “If you catch my couch on fire because I spooked you, I’m taking it out of your paycheck,” he said with a smile as he walked by me. While he was still an ass, he’d been more laid back around me since that night we watched movies together on the couch. “So, are you taking the two sets of sheets I’ve ruined out of my check as well?” I countered, thinking about how I’d had my nightmare again two nights ago.

His eyes filled with unbearable pain, veins pulsing visibly beneath his skin. “No!” he shouted, voice strained as he struggled to run toward Henry, but Jesse grabbed him, holding him back. His right hand reached out desperately. “No, Henry! No!” Caleb cried bitterly, tears streaming down his face as he watched the flames consume everything. Jesse held Caleb tightly around the waist, steadying him as both men sank slowly to the ground. Tears continued to fall from Caleb’s eyes. Saliva dripped from his mouth, his gaze fixed on the dying embers of the fire.

Nora asked. "Yeah, what about it?" Alice asked. "When my dad got to the scene, he found the car in flames and few officers were hurt," she said. Alice was shocked. "Jesus!" She screamed. "It's terrifying," Nora sighed. She decided to change the subject. "How are the boys? Are they awake?" She asked. Alice nodded, still trying to recover from her shock. "Let's go in then," Nora said and walked into the hospital. Alice dragged her feet lazily behind her. She was still immersed in her thoughts that she wasn't focused on her surroundings. She accidentally bumped into a man.

"The building we were in—it caught fire. I don’t even know how it started. Maybe it was an accident, or maybe it was some of the raiders. It doesn’t matter. All I know is that one minute we were together, and the next...." I trailed off, my hands trembling in my lap. My mind was back in that burning building, the smoke so thick I couldn’t see, couldn’t breathe. I could still hear Chloe’s voice, calling out to me, begging me to save her. But I hadn’t been fast enough. I hadn’t been strong enough. "I tried to get to her," I whispered, my voice breaking. "I really tried. But the fire—it was too much. I couldn’t... I couldn’t reach her."

The smoke and fire reached into the sky, stretching long, red fingers toward the scorching sun before falling back to the building with a sigh of relief. I stared in horror, the data was gone. The data that would prove Alessio was innocent had just exploded in a ball of flame and smoke. I leaned back against the seat, unable to tear my eyes away from the building and the fire. Whoever that man was had saved our lives. We would have gone up in flames along with him and the rest of the data. A spark of realization hit me and I whispered the truth.

Making us vanish into nothingness. I need to react fast. This is bad, really bad. If she can catch on fire, she can do some real damage to my members. "Return to the pack ground, now," I commanded by the mental bond, and some of them were hesitant, but they obeyed. A few moments later, we ended up alone: the little red wolf, me, and the only woman I would take a silver bullet for. But Bardo, the Water Wizard, stood close by, ready to extinguish the fire.

Then she rose, turned, and walked away without looking back because if she did, she might never stop. Behind her, the monastery doors closed with the finality of a tomb. The fire began at dusk. From the hillside, Bianca and Matteo watched their estate go up in flames, the old towers, the courtyards, the halls that had witnessed both empire and betrayal. The inferno climbed high enough to stain the clouds. Ash drifted through the wind like falling snow. “This is it,” Matteo said quietly. “The end of everything.” Bianca’s eyes reflected the firelight. “No,” she said. “The end of everyone else’s version of us.”